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1E3?^ wm JitTRBLES. Blow your bubbles, little man, s Just as big ones as you can! They are pretty things to see As they float off gracefully . From your uarted finger-tips, And your earnest, pmsed-up lip?. -- 1?1 ? "Pr, y Y* _ iney are rarnyvw-umvu, iau, As they ride the golden air. And their freight is ail jourj'y, Blow 3 our bubbles, littls boy. * I have blown my babble, too, Ju:>t as wantonly as. you, And as now it floats away v^/ On the wines ot ye>tei day. I can see it was a toy Quite as vain a- j ours, my boy. It wan rainbow tinted, too, This great bubble that I blew. Audits freight?all. well-a-day! It is blown?and blown away. REV. DR. TALMAGE.'o SERMONBe Pie^fc'9 W.th Great P^wer on R; c: vsr? U Fa n i i*H, Little Rcck, May 20 ?Oc Lis way to California, whar-ce be will surt gc May 31 cd his rcacti the world j ^utiey. Rev. Dr. Talmage, having balled here, presched today 10 a larse audleoc- on t^e subject of' Recovered Families." Tre tAvt. nhcaen wis Smusl sxs, 4, 29: :%Then David snd the people that were I vrith him Iit;ed up iLe^r voice ac<i wept I ? cctil tfey bed ro mere po* r to weep. * * * David rccovt red ali." There is intense txeitement la the village of Z klag. David snd his mi a sre biddiesgoodby to their familus acd are eff {or the wars. Ia tlat little \iilage of Z;k!ag the defenseless on?? will be safe until the warriors, flashed vwiih v.etcry. ccmehome. Bet will the dcfrcteltss cce be ea'e? The soft arms of cbiidrtn art around tie neeks of ibe borz d warriors until they sbake ibtmstlvcs t'?ee and start, acd bacdkercbieia aud 11 -gs are waved t-nd kisses rbiwa until ibe armeo icen vanish behead the bills. DiVd a:?:ri bis men seen s:et ibu ugh wuh their night, cn their way bomtwerd. Ever\ ' L ' V<*x'' **' e>'\f\nay Acu.k. D!2Ct OD ioeir vv^i> Ui/ljo i,v the soldier put his Lead od the knapsack iban ?l his drtaco tv tears lie jpfclcotct of the wire atd the should the child. Oh, whatloDg stores they will have to telltbeir families ol bow ihtv dcdsiedtbe batilesx. and thtu vr!- rcl! up their slctve ind show the l a f belled w< uud Wi.h "lad, quick ss.ep, they nitrch od, David aLd bis men, tor Ibey are maichic?? bon.e. a march and a victory. N'.w the. coa-e up 10 the iast hili which overlook Z kits", and ibey es pectin a moment 'Oete the dweJhag pieces ol ihtir loved octs. Tney look, ^: arsd a3 they look iLeir cheek turns pale, and their l:p quivers, ai;d their tacd 10 voluntarilv con^e* down cn the biit ot the sword. "Wbtre is Z Kiaj;? Where are cur Lccsee?" lhey ciy. A:as, the curl ina emcke abevb ihe ruin itil? the tras>. edj! The Ama'ekite* have cocoe do;vn and consumed the vtt.'age and carru-d '.he mo'brrs, &Dd the wives, and the children ci David acd his men into caotiviiy. Tte swarthy warriors stand {or a fesv moments transfixed wiih horror. Then their eyes planer* ;oeach otter; ar d they Knrct into iinrMi troSLihle wee DID 2". fO uul-v -? . - . wben a s'roDg warrior weepBt e griei is appalling. ItfcttOiS a3 it tbe emotion 9 - might tear b;in to pieces. Tbey "wepi until they bad no more pjwerio weep." Bet seen their sorrow ;ums into rage and David, fewirgmg bis sword bigh ic tbe air, cries, "Pursue, i'cr thou sbait ovettafce then-* and wrtbeut fill rccover all." 2sow tbe march becomes a "dcubls qaick." Two tugdreo ol Davids men btop by ice bicc k Besor, 'amt with fatigue and grief. Tsey car not go a sten farther. They are kit there. But tbe other 400 men uader David, with a sort rf n??nihpr Rfpn march on in sorrow and . in rege. They find by ibe side of the | . road a naif dead Egyptian, and ibey resuscitate him and compel him tc tell the C whole ;story. He sa^s, "Yonder they went, the captors aDd tbe captives," ; / pointing in the direction. Forward, ye ? 400 brave men of fire! Very socn David ana his enraged compan come upon the Amalekitish host Yonder they see their own wives and children ana mothers and under Amalekitish guard. Here are the officers of the Amalsuard. Here are the cfficers V of the Amaiekitish army holding a ban quet. The cups are full; the music is I is reused; the dance begins. TL i Amal * ekitish host cheer and cheer ar,d cheer f over their victory. But without note of bagle or warming ot trumpet David and his 400 men burst "upon the scene. David and his men look up, and cue glance at their loved ones in captivity and under Amaiekitish ^uard throws them into a very fury of determination, for you know how men 'will fi^ht when they fiaht lor their wives and children. Ah, there sre Ughtning3 in their eye, and every finger is a spear, and their voice is like the shout ot the whirl wine! Amid the upset tankards and the costly viatids crushed underfoot, the wounded Amalekites lie?their blood mingling with their wine?shrieking for mercy. No I sooner ao i^aviu aau ms meu wiu uie victory than they throw their swords down into the dust?what do they wane with swords cow??and the broken families come together amid a great shout of joy that makes the parting scet e ia Z k 182 seem very insipid in the coojpariscn. The roush old war nor has to ase some persuasion before he can get bis child t,-> come to him cow afUr so loci; an absence, tut soon tbe little finger traces the familiar wrinkle across the scarred lace. And then the emuJy tauKards are set up, and they are tilled with the best wine trcm the tills, ana l?ivio ana his men, the husbands, the v.-ives, the brothers, the sisters, drink to the overthrow of the Amaiekiiies and to the re building ol ZkJag. Sj, O Lord, let tbme enemies pens'! the return. ^ Now they are coming cotce. David and bis men and their families?a long prcce-sicn. Men, women and children, loaded with jewels and robes and wilt all kinds ot trophies that the A.malekites had sa'hered up in >ears of cot quest? everything low in the bands ot David and bis men. When thev ecme by 'be brook Besor, the place wbtre staid the men sick and incompetent to travel, the jewels and tbe rotes and all knds ot treasures are divided among ihe &:ck as , well as amccc the well. Surely the It me and exhausted ou^ht to have some of the treasures. Hrre is a jobe for a pale faced warricr. Here is a pillow for this dying man. He? e is a handful of gold ior the wasted trumpeter. T eallv think that tSese men who tamtec. ov tbe brook Besor ma> have eraured as much as those men who v/ent inte the battle. Some mean fellows objected to the sick rtor? of * V* o ennila Trip aVi_ UUC9 uav:usi oju ? vi >.^vuwi wjectors said, "Toese men did not fight." David, wiih a magaanincus heart, replies. "As his part is ibat gcetb down to the battle, so sbsli bis part be that tarrieth by the etufi." Tbi? subj fct is practically au?2estive to me. Thank God, ia these times a maa can go ofi c-a a journey std begone weeks auc mcntbs and come beck and sea his bcti3e untcu-Ved of icceuc'iary and have his ?acsi!v ua :he step to sreet him if by telegram he has foretold the moment ci his comics*, I3ut there are Amalekitisa disaster, tuere ate Amal ckitish diseases tbai sometimes come dc-wn upcn one's heme, mskics: as devastating work as the dsv when Z kias took fire. There are families jou represent broken up. Xc battering ram smote m tbe door, no iconoclast crumbled tbe statue?, no tkme leaped am:d the curtains, but so iar as all tbe ]"oy and merriment ibat one belonged to tbat house are concerned tbe borne b?s departed. Armed diseases cscas down upon the fe quie n?s3 ol ibe scfcc?? car let levera or I' p!*urs:ea or cor. sumptions or unaefned j' disorders came aoo sf 'z d uddg some j member* ot that Tamil* and carried i: a*ay. Z k'as ir. vs"es! And jtU20 1 ab:ur, sometimes weeivt-g end pome i rnK-s errtiaed, wan 105 to set back vour j loved cces as much as David snd his i men wanted to recoostiuet their de-j spoiled hccseccids. Z k'?2 in ashes! j Sorce cf vcu wentcfi from come, i ou I counted the da"\ s cf >c ur abstcce. Ev- j erv dav feenje<:. aB iccg as a week On, haw glad you wtre wheu ibe time came ' for vc u U) so aboard the steaznboa'or rail car and start, ferfcout? You arrived. Yr u wen*, uo tbe s'reet where jour dwelling was. and in the night put. i yoi/r hand oo ir,e dcorbell, and. behold! ii was wrapped with the sigDal bereave- ; tent, and you 'cu^d that Amalekitisb drain, wbich Las devastated a thousand other bou-ehoids, had blasted yours. Ycu go a'ocu;. weeping amid the desola- : lion of your ores happy borne, thinking ; of the bright eyes closed, and the noble hearts stopped, and the centie nacas 1 folctd, and jcu weej* until jou have no mere jower t3 wtep. Z klag in ashes. A genik man went to a friend of mine 1 in iJ"? city of Washington and asked 1 that through him he mi^bt get a consulship to some t>re'gn port. My friend ! said to him, "What do you want to go . awaj from your "oe&u?iftil home f->r into a foreisn por?'' uO\" he replied, ; "mj home is gont! Mv tix children are , dead. I must set away, sir. I can't i stand in thiscouniry any longer." A 5 AW T T1?P Aon vr juxffui Why tbese lotg shadows i f bereave- ' menifcross tow audience? Why is il : that ic almost every* aseemnlase black is the predominant color cf the aoparel? Is it because ynu dr not like ssfiroa or ( b:o*n or viold? O'l. oc! 1'ou say, "The wor:d is not so bright 10 us as occe it and there is a story of si ltoi v?.;ces tod c f st;ll feet and of loved ' ?:oes ?cce. aud when >ca lcok ovtr the bills, expecting olIv beaatv and loveli- 1 nws, j? u fiod rnty devostat ou aad &oe. , Z k'^s in asr-ts! '* ? J '? TTlotcr nnnnfu "N"_ V.. vyu?" uav ils u^cuj. vuw-?j, . - , ibe v.liags cburcn was decciated until the iVH<r fcoce ol toe fljweis was almost biwildsrin^. The maideos ot the vil" la.^e bad * m plied ihft plac- i f fl >wers upou gdc iDarri?gp ?Uar. o^t ofth<?ir fwu Duaibt:r was ?ffl uctd i\. a minister of Christ, who hao c>?me to take her t.-> i h:s own home. With handsel >bed, aoiid j. coasra'.uiatory audience, the vo^s> w* re taken. I?> firee da}S lr<>m that ( utne OLe ot tbo?e who stood at the alt*r , tXobeiMffcd earib for ">eaven. The wed j aiL-g tea1 ch broKfc down in:o the 'uotral i uir^e Theie were not enouvjfc fl iwbn ] il.o r.. .fRn lir? hor>oiiaa Ihsv hufl flli I '?Vl ?"UC V'UIU iiv, Vi.V?UJW V?VJ ? ? ? ? been tafceu for tbe bridal hour. Tbe dead minister of Christ is brought to aa- 1 tuber village. H<- had eoEft cut from ihem less tbao ' a week be tore in hi3 htrengtb; now be comes home lifeless. Tbe whole church ! bewailed him. Tt-e solemn procession moved an. uod to io k upon ihe still face , ihar. occe bad beamed t ;e message of , salvation. Li'tie children were lifted up to look at Lim. Aud some of those ; whom be bad comforied in dajs of sor- : tow, when tbey passed that silent form, i made tb^plscedreadful with their wtep- < icg. Another village emptied of its c .U.. Ilowers?SOUIR Ol LUfiU put 1U tu? auapo of a crcs3 t' symbolize his hope, others put in ihe shape of a crown to symbol- : ize h;s triump. A hundred lights blown tu; ic one siren* eust from toe open door of a sepuleher. Z klsg in ashec! A RALLY CRY. I preach tbis sermon to3 ay because I want to rally you as David rallied hia men, f>r the recovery cf the loved and ihe lost. I want not only to win heaven, but I want all this congresation to 20 along with me. I feel somehow I have a respon&ibilitv in your arriving rtifrr nr? VA11 r A Q ' ! V want CkL LUUb ViVJ* X'v J vv? '? vtm ? to join the companionship of your loved ones who have gone? Are you a3 anxious to join them as David and his men weie to join their families? Then I am here, in the name of God, to say that you may and to tell you how. I remark, in the first place, if you want to join Tour loved ones in glory, you mast travel the same way they went. No sooner had the half dead Egyptian been resuscitated than he pointed the way the captors and the captives had gone, and David and his men followed afier. So our Christian friends have gone into another country, and if ycu want to reach their companionship we must take the same road. They re pented; we must repent. They prayed; we must pray. They trusted in Christ; we must irust in Christ. They lived'a religious life; we must liVa a religious life. Taey were in some things like ourselves. I know, now that they are scne, there is a halo around their name? but they had their faults. They sard acd did things they ought never to have said or done. They were sometimes rebellious, sometimes cast do*m. They were far from heing perfect. So I suppose that when we have gone some ihiuss in us that are now only tolerable may be almost resslendent. But a" they were like us in deficiencies we ou;>bt to be like them ia taking a supernal Christ to make up for the deficits. Hsd it cot been for JseU3 they would have all perished, but; Christ confronted them and said, "I am the way," ana they took it. I have also to say to ycu that the patb lhat tbe-e captives trod was a troubled path, ai d that David and his men bad to go over tbe same difficult way. While these captives were hems taken off they paid, ''Oi, we are so tired; flre. are sos'Ck; *"<s ure sobungr>!" But tbe tneu who had charge or hem said: "Siop this cryme. Go ol!" DiV'd aod bis men a'so found it a bard wav. They had to travel it. Our Iriends have aoDC into glory, and it is through much tribulation thaL are to enter into the f.iD<;dom. How our loved ones used to bsvp to sttu;g!f! How their oH heaits Wr.xr' onm?fima^ th??V hiid a t.lia. s-le tor breac! la cur childhood we wondered whv mere were so many wrinkles on their feces. Ws did not know that what were called "crow's ftei" on ihelr faces were the marks :f the bl^ck raven ol trouble. Did you never hear the old p- ople, seated by the evening stand, talk over their early trials, toeir hard ships, the accidents, tbe turals, the dis9pnoiutments, the empty floor barrel w'hen there were so many hungry ones to feed, the sickness almost unto death, J ? wccre iue ueii u 'as uiuiuiauiuc uc^iucu between chastly bereavement and an unbrokeD home circle? Qi. yes, it was troubleibat whitened their hair! It wa.troubh ibat shook the cap in their hand3. It was trouble that washed the lu-ter from their eyes with the rain of tears until they needed spectacles. It was trouble that made the. caue a necessity for their journey. Do ycu nsver remember seeing ycu: old mother slttlug on some rainy day. locking cut cf the window, her elbow on the window sill, ter hand to ber brow?looking out, not seeing the failles: shower at all?ycu well knew she was looking into the distant past?until t.ie apron came up to ber eyes, because the memory was too much for her. Oft the bi?, unbidden tear Stealing down the farrowed cheek, Told in eloquence sincere Ta es of woe they could not speak. Hut, this scene of weeping o'er. Fast this scene of toll and p^in, Tbey shall feel distress no more, !Never, never weep again. A CALL TO EFFORT. 'Who are these under the altar?" the question was asked and the response came, 'These are they which came out of great tri&alation ana have washed ^1^jKm,OM their robes and made them while in ; blood of the Lamb." Our friends i went by a path of tears into glory. Be j not surprised if we have to travel the i same pathway. I remark, again, if we want to win | the society of our friends in heaven,we : wiii not only have to travel a path of! faith and a path of tribulation, but we j will also have to pcsi'ively battle tor j their companionship. David and his > oV>orr\ c? tr?Arrls* OnH ! UJtii UCYCJL wau vCU OLifti p U'? Viwu uuvh | mvuIceraMe shields and thick breast-; piates so much as tney wanted them oa ! Che da} when they came down upon j tne Amalekitt3. If they had lost that j battle, they never would have srot their families back. I supfOie that one giance at their loved ones in captivity hurled them into the battle with tenfold courage and energy. They said: ''We must win it. Everything depends upon it. Let each one take a man on point of spear cr sword. "VVe must win it." And" I have to tell you that betwtvn us and coming into the compan Locship of our loved ones who are deparl>d there is an Austerlitz, there is a G-ettjsburar, there is a Waterloo. War with the world, war with the fiein. war vtirh the devil. We have either to conquer our troubles, or our troubles will L-onquer us. David will either slay the Aojalt-kites or the Amalekites will slay David. And yet is not the fort to he taken worth all the pain, all the peril, al: the Desiegement ? Look! Who are they on the bright hills of heiven yonder? There tney are, those who sat at your owa table, the chair now vacant, mere tney are, those whom you rocked in infancy in the cradle or hushed to sleep in your arms. There they are, those in whose life your life was bound up. There ihey are, their brow more radiant than ever before you saw if, their lips waiting for the kiss of heavenly greeting, their cheek roseate with trie health of eternal aumu-er, their heads e-komng you up to the suep, the feet bounding with the mirth of nenven. r:ie pallor of their last sickness gone out of their face, nevermore to ce sics. Levermore to cougb, nevermore to limp, never more to bs old, nevermore to weep ruey are *aicr-iug trum luubouci^uo to see if thiough C^i^JSt you can take thatiort aod whether jou'will rush in upoD them?victors. They know that up:>o this batile depends whether yow wiJJ ever j >iu tbeir .society Up! S rike hard-rl Charge mure bravely! Remember that every iuch you g*in puts vou so ?iuch farther ou toward that heavenly reunion. VICTORY OR DEATH. Tf this morning *bile I speak you eou:d brar i he caon ?nafie of a foreuu toemy which was ro d?3poil your eicy, and ir iQey reaiiy anouiu. sueuem iu tn ryiugyour families a .vay lrom you,bow long wouid we take before we resolved to go after them? Every weapon, whether fresh from tbe armory or old and rusty ia tbe garret, would bbrought out, and we would urge on, sod coming In iront of tbe foe we would .look at them and then look at our families, and 'he cry would be, "Victory or death!" and when tbe ammunition was gone we would take the captors on the point of the bayonet or ucder the breech of the gun. If you would make such a struggle for the getting back of your eari bly friends, will you not make as much struggle for the gaining of the eternal companionship of your heaveiilv trienas? Oh, yes, we must join them! We must sit in their holy society. We must sing with them the song. We must celebrate with them the trlumpb. Let it never be told on earth or in heaven that David and his men pushed out with oraver hearts for the getting back of their earthly friends for a fesv years on earth than we to get our departed I You say that all this implies that our departed Christian friends are alive. Why, have you any idea they are dead ? They have only moved. If vnn should sro on the 2ad of Mav to a House where one of your friends lived and find him gone,you would not think that he was dead. You would inquire next door where he had moved to. Our departed Christian friends have only taken another house. The secret is that they are richer now than they once were and can afford a better residence. They once drank out of easthenware; they now drink from the King's chalice. "Joseph is yet alive," and Jacob will go up and see hfm. Living, are they ? Why, if a man can live in this damp, dark dungeon of earthly captiv lty, can ne not live wziere ue ureatues the bracing atmosphere of the mountains of heaven? Ob, yes, they are living! FAINT. YET PURSUING. Do you think that Paul is so near dead now as he was when he was living in the Koman dungeon ? Do you think that Frederick Robertson" of Brighton is as near dead now as he was when, year after year, he slept seated on the fljor, his head on tne bottom of a chair, because he could find ease in no other position? Do Viirsfc- "Roharf TTall i<a ?<a nsar jyju biuua. LUMu ? ? - dead now as when, on his couch, be to?3ed in physical tortures? No. Death gave them the few black drops that cured them. That is all death does to a Christian?cures Dim. I know that what I have said implies that they are living. There is no question about i hat. The only question this morning is whether you will ever jutn them. But I must not forget these 200 men who fainted by the brook Besor. They j could not take aaother step farther. ! Their feet were sore; tfieir bead ached; their entire nature was exhausted. Besides that, ttey were broken hearted because their homes were gone 2iklag in ashes! And yet D ivld, when he comes up to them, devines the spoils amoog them He says they shall have some of the jewels, some of tbe robns, some of tnt) treasures. I look over ifcis audience this' morning, and I fiud at leas' 200 who have fainted by the brook Btsor?the brook of tears. You feel as if \ou could run take auother S'ep farther,*s though y ,u c^uld Lever lock up azaio. But I am going to imitate David aDd divide among you some iq o rnho "A II ?l'.Jit"U3 UU^UICO. UU>' w u ivrvv., tniugs work together for good to those who love God" Wrap yourself in tha'glorious promise. H^re is for your neck a striog of pearls, made out of cry&talilzed tears, "WVeping may endure for a DiKbt, but j >y cometh in ' be morning." Here is a coronet, "Be thou faithful until d-atb, and I wi:l ?ive fcbee a cro^n of life" Ol. ye faintlDg oDes by the brook Besor, dip ulj,.#. ^oAt- in f K fx rnr?i.ir.r* yuur uixsi'tri cu icov xu o*->^ & stream of (J 'd's mere?. Bathe your brow at the wells of salvation. Soothe your wounds with the balsam t&at exudes from trees of life. God will no*" utterly cast you off, 0 broken hearlni man, 0 broken hearted womaD, fainting by the brook Besor. A shepherd finds that his musical pipe is bruised. He says: "I can't get any more music out of th'S instrument, so I will just break it, and I will throw this reed away Then I will get another reed, and I will play music on that." But God sajs he will not cas5 you off because all the mnsic has gone out of vour soul. "The bruised reed he will not break." As far as I can tell the diagnosis of your disease, you want divine nursing, and it is promised you, "As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you." God will see you all the way through, 0 troubled soul and when you come down to the Jordan of death you will find it to be as thin a brock as Besor, for Dr. Robmson says that in April Besor dries up and there is no brook at all. And in your last moment you will be as placid as the Kentucky minister who went up to God, sayiDg in the dying hour: - - Wrue 10 my sister jxatc cuu tell her Dot to be worried and frightened about the story of the horrors around the deathbed. Tell her there is not a word of truth in it, for I am there now, and Jesus is with me, and I find it a very happy way, not because I am a good man, for I am Dot?I am nothing but a poor, miserable sinner?but I have an Al mighty Saviour, and both of his arm3 are around me." | May God Almighty, through the biood of the everlasting; convenaRf, bring us into the companionship of our loved ones who have already enter ed the teavenlv l3nd and into the presence of Christ, whom not having seen we love, and so Divid shall recover all, 'and as his part is that gceth down to -/v uholl V?ic r\urf V\o fhot t.ar uIJC U.lbliC, cv ourau mij u uv uuctu vvt4 rieth by the stuff." AGAINST THE ROADS. The 5>.a-e W1;? la the Tax Penalty Rtb ?te Fight. Columbia, S. C., May 23?The State has won agaia in the railroad tax case3. l'esterday Attorney G-aneral Buchanan recer/dd a copy of Judge Simonion's decision in the matter of the Richmond and Danville to have the penalties on its back taxes remitted. The decision declares that the penalties must be paid and thereby gives the state about $20,000, which it would not have otherwise obtained. The decision reads as follows: With regard to the penalty this provision is made in the tax acts to secure promptness in the payment of taxes and as compensation for delay in their payment. The provision is general applicable to all taxpayers alike; indeed operates for the protection of taxpayers who pay their taxes. It is not unrea sonable, aDd its wisdom cannot be disputed. When a taxpayer thinks himself aggrieved in tine amount of the ti?x levied upon his property, among the considerations which must present themselves to bim if he contemplates resisting the tax is the risk he runs of *-'? A nH tnhan lUt* pruviaiiju lUi a yti-ioior. he litigates, however good may be his faith iu the litigation, if he fails he must accept the consequences of defeat. Tfte question be makes is very simple. Thr tax officers make aclatm. He a-nles il. Tne court is appealed to, decides aDd the cons>quences follow. If be loses bis case he is in default. So the l<ivvis written. Now a receiver occupies in this regaard no better position than any other taxpayer. H- is bouDd to fulfill a'l the duties (-f a property holder, must pay the lawful tax-s levied upon bis prop eny iiju fuj'j^a tur ttaujc ngubcici; other t xpayer Has of disputing the legality af the tax ir he thinks it illegal, subj-etto the same consequences which brfall every other taxpayer if ne fails. True, he is the band of ihe court, and acts under the instruction and protec tton of rbe court. Aud in these cases, after aoplication to the cour% was authorized to make the Test. Bat tbe coun did not and could not free him frum tbe necessary result of failure in such suit. Tbe laws of South Carolina are as binding on the court as th*y are on any inhabitant of ber territory^ aud no order of the court could protect, tbe rect-iverfrom incurring tne penalty im posed by tnes^ laws. After careful consideration this court has reached the conclusion that it cannot interfere or prevent the payment of the penalties attached to so much of the tax as was delioquent. Of course under the words of the law such penalties attached to so much only of the tax as was not paid, but wich regard to tne cost of executions- the result is otherwise. All this property was already under execution and in the hand3 of this court. The universal rule is that, property in the hands or control of a court cannot be reached by any other process whatever. This is the in thio /?nnn. UACU dUU iu vauauig xuig aju. ?.uaw try under our duplex form of government. This court cannot interfere with the process of any cf the State courts, however humble. Nor can the government of the United States interfere with property seized under the revenne or police powers of the State. When, therefore, attempt was made to levy on aP fKo rooatror flnph Jl.fr.. LUIS U1 vuv ivvv? i V4 tempt was nugatory and void, No execution could be leried on it and no costs attach. It is ordered that the receivers pay the penalty on all balances of taxes unpaid, aDd that they do not pay any costs of levy on any property in their hands as receivers. Charles H. simonton, Circuit J udgc. DESO-ATION IN VENEZUELA. Farther Reports oI tte Destruction of I/.fsand Towrs by Earthquakes. Xkw York. Mav 22.?The Rev. Joseph Norwood, agent for the American Bible Society in Venezuela, arrived at this port oa the Red D Line steamer Philadelphia late Wednesday night. He was in Venezuela at tbe time the recent terrible earthquake*, and when seen at the Bible Bouse early yesterday :orn:n?, he gave an account of the disaster. Mr. [Norwood said tbat, while he was only on the edaeof the disturbances, he had received advices before he lett Venezuela showing how widespread tbe disaster was. "It was impossible to get aD30ime:? correct statements before I saihd," he said, "owing to thefa^tthat telegraphic communication was entirely destroyed; but I learned enough to make me believe there bad been a terrible 1038 of life. The whole country Westward of Caracas felt the disturbance. "The moet damage done was in the Lowes of Merida, Laguaillas and JEjidea and several smaller towns, all of which were almost to ally destroyed. "At Lauuniilas a lake now covers the site of thp town, which sunk out oi sight. As thii town was in a valley bet een two mountains, some of the many lakes in tha vicinity may have overwhelmed it cr an entirely new lake may nave bf^o formed." Mr. Nowocdsaid be was in Maracaibo in tbe Hutel A-nerica, astrueiure two stories J'igh, at 9:45 u. m. ?>n April 28, when ?,he first Bhock came,"and -?as pre uariDg to sail on the steamship Merida 4 ITTl.on f Via ohA/> 1? /toma tLIC UCA.' uay? u^u Iiuw ouvvu vauiv? he though is wa3 a disturbance ia the Mieet, but when ether shocks frllowed, he knew there was an earthquake, and h*t noted the 'ime. Toes fremolinij of the earth lasted for ub-.?ut two minutes, I nur. ibe severe shocks only about a miou e. The shocks "eaan with undulations | :md eroded with au oscilating mov* m?;nt. "Atier the disturbance ceased," he said, I found several cracks ia the wall . f tuy room, one of ihein big enough to j put my arm through " i Mr. Norwood said that onl? one hou3e ia Maracaibo fell, and that nobody was killed there, as far a? he knew. He ( Hnnhift sf.orv that 150 solidera ware J ' ' * " swallowed op at Menda. - Charles Palgar, a young Venezuelan wbo arrived on the same steamer, said tbe military barracks at Merida were destroyed, resulting in tbe instant death of 150 soldiei s. Dispatches from Caracas, the capital ot Venezuela, dated May 9. report the earthquake ot April 28 to haye been the severest since the gteat earthquake of 1812, on Holy Thursday, syhen tbe eu* tire city was destroyed and over 20,000 people perished. It is impossible to estimate tbe amour:tof property destroyed bv tbe resent earthquake or tbe number of lives lost. Ruin and desolation have spread over tbe entire Western section " 1 - -3 JX* J ?_i 01 Venezuela, anu sunenus is unenae, especially io the S:ate of L03 Andes, Gee. Antonio Fenandcz. Governor oi the State, has notified President Crespo that Menca, the capital of the State, was totally destroyed, Later dispatches report that the towns of Sin Juan and Chiquara were also totally destroyed, and Jabay, Macurata, Tioactes and Trniillo also suffered seve* rely. Acting Minister Bartleman has cabled to Secretary of S:ate Gresham that any assistance rendered by tttis country would be appreciated in Ventzaela. Already a large sum of money has been subscribed for the relief of the distressed by people in parts of Venezuela not visited by the earihquake. __ _____ GEN. BUTLERS ANSWER TO THE QUESTIONS PROPOUNDED BY THE FARMER'S ALLIANCE. Opp*8~a the Sab-t*?a?u'y aid Governmental Owaersh'p of KiJlradr. TeleI Kr*ph end It 1'phone Lln?e?"VFH1 Not be Boned by C^acm Ka.'ea. Coltoteia, S. C., May 21.?Sacantor Butler has written the following reply to the questions propounded to him by the Farmers Alliance: Washington, D. C., May 12,1884. Mr. T. P. Mitcbell'Chairman Executive Committee, F. S. A . Woodwards, S. C. My dear sir: Some da>s ago, I received the followiao letter frcm you: ' Hon. M. C. Butler, Washington, D. (J. ' Dear Sir: Aa chairman cfthe exe cative commitiee of the Stale Farmers Alliance it was macie my duty by resolution 10 propound the following questions to all candidates, and request a written answer 10 same, and &3 ycu are a candidate for the United States Senate, I submit them to you and would be pleased to hear trom you in regard to same ai your earliest convenience. "Frist. Will you discuss the AUi ance demands in the coming campaign, particularly those relation to the fioances of the country, and defend them against the enemies of our ordei? "Second. Will you pledge loyally to the demands of the National Farrsers AlLance and ladustrial Union, abov<loyalty to party caucus, and vote sgaiust any and all candidates who de elme to commit themselves,, to this ex ien>? "Y-urs respe itfuilv. ("Sisned) Thos. 1'. Mitchell, Chairman Enecu ive Com., F. S. A " In reply to a r? quest from me, 3 ou transmitted the following as tbe plat from or demands of the Farmers Alliance of South Carolina: XV wo* Aa.rr\^r\A o rofiAnol rnr_ X 11 O U 1 " C U^WHUU U (4U1VUMI VM. rency, safe. sound acd flexible, issued by the general government oni*, a fall legal tender for all debts, pub'ic and private, and that wkhout. the u?e oi biokirg corporations, a just, equitable aLd efficient meaDS of distribution dirtc to the people at a tax not to exceed 2 per cent, per aonum, to be provided aset forth in me sub-Treasury plaD < f the Farmers Alliance, or a better system; also by payments in discharge ol its obligations for public impiovemente. We demand the free and unlimited coinage of silver aad gold at present legal ratio of 16 to 1. We remand that the amount of cir culating medium be speedily increased to not less tban $50 per capita, exclusive ollegal reserve. We demand a graduated income tax. We demand that our national legislation shall be so framed in the futuse as not to build up one indu3try at the ex pense of another. We believe that the money Gf the couotry should be kept as much as possible iq thehands of the neopie, and hence we demand all national and State reven ues shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the government economically and honestly administered. We demand that postal savings banks be established by the government for the safe deposits of the earnings of the people, and_to facilitate exchange. Second?Tbe land, including an we natural sources of wealth, is tbe herit ;ge of the people and should not be monopo lized for speculative purposes, and alien ownership ot land should be prohibited. All land now held by railroads and olber corporations, txcess of tbe!ractual needs, and all lands now owned b? aliens should be reclaimed by the government and held for actual settlers only. Third?Transportation being a means cf exchange and a public necessity, the government should own and operate the railroads in the interest ot the people. The telegraph and telephone, use tee postoffice system, being a necessity for the trac emission of news, sboold be owned and operated by the government in the interest of the people. Taking np the questions of your letter in their order, I beg to sav iD response to the first, I will discuss any public question the people may desire to have diseased, and as the "finances of the country" are legitimate and proper sub* jects for di8cussioB, I will discuss them with pleasure and without reserve. I will refer more fully to the last point of your inquiry, whether I will "defend iVitm oe-oinat. ihft enpmies of our (vour') order," when I cosio to discuss the Alliance platform. I don't quite understand, however, whether you mean to ask me whether I will defend the "finances of the country against the enemies of your order, or the "finances of the country" as proposed by the Alliance. I assume you mean the latter. Eeplying to ycur second question, I beg to say that in my political life I have never allowed any caucus, or society, or organization, to bind my conscience, and shall no^. do so in the future. Caucuses, or societies, or organizations ot any kind, which seek to bind the political conscience of any free American citi zin, are "id my judgment, mimical to that freedom of con-tience and political action 80 essential to the preservation of the republican institutions. I have attended many caucuses ol the Democratic partv, to which I belong. I have nevei heard the suggestion that anv man's conscience, or political action should be oouDd by them. I never w'li so far surrender my individual judgment as to be bouDd by anv caucus. I am loyal to the prin c'plesof the Democratic party, and shall maintain that lojtJty so lr-ng as it ad heres to principles I think conductive to the best in'erests of tbe people, not a day lonaer. I have been under tbe impression that the Partners Alliance was not a political organization. bu:an "Industrial Union" tor tbe protection of the farmers against impositions from other sources. I do not believe in secret political organizations, we had a sad experi ence some years ago witb them. W batever concerns the political welfare of our prople 6bould be open to the fullest, freest, most public discussion. In order to prevent impositions on tbe people, the iigtit mast De lurnea oa irom au pumis of view. I recognize no master in this country, except the people. Caucus rale should not be allowed to usurp the rule of the people. I will, therefore, say I will pledge my loyalty to the demands of the Alliance, so far as they meet the demands of my judgment, and I cannot hold them above loyalty to party caucus, because I make no pledges to "party caucuses," and deny the right cf "party caucuses," ?.- J ?1 ~ J or any otner caucuses to cumumuu pieuges from me to surrender my conscience and jadgment to its dictation. Coming now t) the demands, permit me to say, by way ol preface, that there seems to be a very grave misapprehension in the minds of some people as to the power of a caucus over its members. I have attended Democratic caucuses since I haee been ia the Senate, but nobody ever dreamed of binding any memnf t.h? r.anr-.uR to vote asrainst bis jadsment. For instance. Democrats and Republicans differ widely among themselves on financial questions. A caacus is held for consultation and financial topics are discussed, but in the Senate and House each man votes as his judgment dictates; some may favor the tree and ucilimited coinange of silver at one ratio or another; some may favor the sub-treasury plan of the Alliance, and after a consultation in caucus they I vote for or against either proposition, 'when the occasion arises. Nobody is * N bound by ice caucus uuless he chooses voluntarily to b: so bound. Xo oaths are administered, do pledges exacted, as arcq'VMift o! parly fraiiv. Ifihtre were. I wou-d cever attend a caucus. Iu r egard to demand "Erst of the Alliance, I will say that the sub-rre?su:y plio has been* aband- ned btciuseii found to be impracticable and uneonstitulioa:--}, an;i therefore it is unnecessary to discuss if-. In my judgement a "better sjstem" would be attained by the rt-peal of the ten per cent, tax on State banks of circulation, and I trust that tee Alliance will take that up and make it one of its "demands." I cannot nf .inurto rHcfMiea fhis nmnnsif.inn at lengtt in this connection, but take the liberty of handing you one of my speeches delivered in the Senate at the Jast extra session, in which I have attempted to elaborate tbe argument in favor of the repeal, and beg you to do _ae the favor to examine it- I think you wili find that if this tax should be repealed we would have "a sate, 3ouna, flfxiD'e currency" and enough of it. I favor "the free and unlimited coiQage o: silver and gold at the present lezal ratio of 16 to 1." and advocated it in Congress before the Alliance was organized, and am gatifisd to know that the Alliance has adopted my platform on this subject. Fifty dollars per capita is not too much currencv for a country like ours, but the trouble witn our present financial srarem iq Tint sn milrth t.hfl D??r capita amount of currency as the unequa'itv of its distribution. Seme sections of tha country have much mere than $50 per capita, while in our section, I doubt if we have $52 per capita. If in our State ws could be guaranteed $20 per capita, if so much was necessary tor the transaction of our business, I would compromise on that; we should then have about $20,000,000 of currency in circulation in Suu;h Carolina, wh?r-as I doubt if we now nave iS3,uuu,uju. ir, oy me repeai 01 | the 10 per cent, tax, toe State3 should be permitt*d to authorize banks of < :r- j cula'ioa, we should have just so much currency as our local waats r*qu re, and no more?but we should nave enough. I favor an income tax and shall have an opportunity of voting for It in trie penoing tariff bill. I concur in the demand tnat the money of the country should be kept as mucb as possible in tne hands of the people, and that all national and St^ie revenues sball be limited to the ntcessary expenses of tbegovernment, economically administered." This is erood, souud docirine, and I heartily aubcrioe to it. I can see no objection to "postal saving oar ks," although a measure of th^t kind would be largerly tentative in tL s country, and should be adopted wi;h caution and circumspection. Tne second general demand, as to the public lands, is jiound and in accord ancn with true i;emocranc princspies. Cas third general demand, "that trie government should own and operate the railroads in the interest of the people,s' and that "the telephone and telegraph should be owned and operation m the interest of the people" would, in my judgment, be impolitic and unwise.I have always understood that the Alliance was opposed to the further increaea of tbe bonded debt of the government, and I agree with the Alliance in that, j?ropo3ition. The government cou'd not pay cash for the one hundred ^ a fkAnnAn/1 *v> i 1 /ie? -P rO i i | auu uiueoy uuu tuuuoouu juuh^o ul I roads, and the vast mileage of telegraph and telephones. The rare of taxation neceasary to raise the cash would destroy the people, and the only alternative to put the government in ownetshlp of the railroads, telegraphs and tlephones would be to issue eight billions of bonds to buy the railroads, and no bod? knows how many millions to buy the telegraph and telephone system of the country. Is the Alliance prepared to urge ths creation of such a bonded debt upon the present and future generations, and thereby prepetuate the national basking system indefinitely? If so, I-cannot go with it. The government now has control and supervise of the railroads by and through tb e Interestate Com merece Commission and the experiment has not realized the expectaions of its friends. The ownership of the railroads in dispotic ia An fK/S I YCiLLLLLtrUlO lO J UOllUQU Vu tuu ^^vuuu that they are military necessities for the rapid mobilization and transportation of armies. It has not redounded to the interest of the people, for freight rates are 50 per cent, higher in those countries than in thi3, and they are consequently a great burden upon the masses of the people. I believe I have now made full and complete answers to vour icq uiries, in general and in de tail. If aoytbiDj? has been omitted, I will gladly supplement what I have said, if vou will call it to my attention. Very truly your, M. C. Butler. Come to Stsy. Columbia. S. Cm May 25.--The advocates ol the dispensary svstem nave kept their mouths closed as to their intentions, and no one has been able to predict what Kind of a light ihey would make. 'All that has been known so far was Governor Tinman's siaieaiem iuai the liquor problem would necessarily take a prominent place in the coming campaign; that the fight for the dispensary system would be made over again, aod that the dispensary system had come to stay in S >uih Carolina. Some thought tnat advocates ot t'ae dispensary system were depending on the re organized Supreme Court to reverse the decision on the constitutionality of the law when a new ona was passed and presented. Other3 believrd that tbe dispensary advocates were going to abandon tbe* scheme. In view ot the feet that the campaign is tmx rlr?toir>or an ne^r. rf-orebeijtatiV' S <-f The Si ale bave "eeri endeavoring to fL'd out *omething about the fu;uce. A ) of tfcc advocates ot the system, when ap proachcd, say, first that ti e d:spen?ar> 1-iw baa cotae to &tay. 0 ie of ibe most influential advocates of tue law opened up and talked pretty freely yesterday. He says ibat the liq ;or ques tion id aoing to be one of too bignea questions In the campaign They are going to tight ior the dispensary svstem ot control of tbe liquor tariffic He stat- s thar, he does not behevo tha: prohibition stands a sbost oi a show. Ho does nor tbii.k that :f the question o- prohibition "** ? ?Mit- r\ <-Vn? 7-1L.n'o > ,r>a? if. W."5Ilirf rft ^CIC ^UU LV-r WLANrf wv receive 20 psr ceot. <. f the vole it get two yeary ago. His idea seems to be that as soon as the Legislature meets it will be asked to make an appropriation clearing up all or tue outstanding business. Ic will be asked, too, to pas3a d^pecaary law. This new law, he ea^s, will be a. modification of the law recently declared unconstitutional. He sivs ihe profit feature cf the law was the sole arcund upon which the old law ffas ce clarec! unconstitutional, and the proposed new &c> will do away with the profit reature entirely will provide for the dispensary system of furnishing liquor to the people at the actua'. cost of purchasing, botiling and handling the liquor. So far as can be ascertained this peems to be the plan for the future, but more wili doubtless be heard cf it very soon.?State. Peculiar Casa. Guthrie, 0. T., May 24.?D. W. tifnnimtt- nf vnrman is iclnc 'tip point of death from blood pois jcins: Drought about in a very peculiar manner. Mr. Trackett is an undertaker, and a week ago was called upon to take charge of the body of a man named Glenn, who had committed suicide and had not been found for some days. The body wa3 badly decomposed at.d covered witb flies, and while the undertaker was at work the flies would light on him in great numbers and bite him sharply. Tiie doctors state that he was inoculated with the deadly poison of the corpse by the flies, and he cannot live. ENTHUSIASTIC FOR OATESXom'cated lor Governor Dy the Altbima Uem'Crats . Montgomery, Ala , May 22.?Tbe Democratic Stste convention met at coon today, in Representative Hall m the capital building, but soon adj "muned until 4 p m , owning to the failure of the S'.sle committee to report upoa the contests, The convention reassembled at 4 p m , asd was Cilied to order by Chairrac? Sm'ih, whose remarks were vrell rfcsived. K:.3 mentbn of Cleveland's Dime was budly cheered. His speech was a plea lor harmony in the Democratic ranks. The State committee recommended Hon. R. H. Clarke for temporary chairman. Tbis was ratified without a diseectiDg voice. lir. Clarke's appearance on the stand was received with hand* clapping, cheering and wayiog of hats and fins. He spoke only a few moments and declared the convention ready for business. A. Sleiohart of Greenville was selected for temporary secretary. The roll of counties was called and the action of the Sta'e committee ratified without dissent. Their rennrfc pave seats to the 0 itea delegates from Lea and the Col bert and Have delegates to Johnston. Tciis mace no cbanaein the status ot the candidates as heretofore reported. Tbe acceptance of the committee report removed all poasi llity of tarthcr contest before the convention and was a great relief, as tbe delegates desired to get ibrouah their work. A committee was appointed on permanent organization. During its retiretrent, a motion was made to adjram until 9 o'clock to morrow, bus it was voted down- Th?n a motion tor recess until 8:30 p. m. soffered a similar file. Duriug the absence of the committee i.-o permanent organization, a committee was appointed to invite and escort (io* <-morJ ine8 to the stand. His appearance was "the signal for a wild outburst otcieers and applauue. He made an address lull of feeling aDd urging the coming together ot t^ie partisans of the various aspirants and working for the success of t&e party. It was moved tha' the committee report for the temporary or?dLiz itiou be the permanent. Adopted without a vote. The order of bu3ia:-;.;s made the nomination oi Governor c* f it A resolution was :a:roduce<' ilosrz'a* Senator M".rgan and tavorint election. It was referred to the coi . ^. v? on plat form A committee on was appointed; with bL. C. Torapkius for chairman, and one me^bsr Irom sacb Con^reiaional District Ths rales adopted forbaba ?sv speo?-* or calory of a candidate iu ] .aclig ok m ae before the convection. The chair then annonsxd nominations for Governor to be iu ordrr. The name of Col. Wm. C. Oate^, was first presented. The name of Capt. Joseph F. Johnston followers once sent up a shout which lasted for a brief spell. When it subsided, the Oaies m?:a concluded to test their luog power. It was a scoae of extraordinary enthusiasm ?a the fi >or and in the galiery. The applause and cbeerics continued until it loosea as 11 order could not be restored. When the shoaling di?d out. it was taken up again only to increase in volame. Finally I aaiet was restored, and the roll call began. Hot a chinge from the reports already published wa3 made. The figures of the advocates of Colonel Oates made last Thursday morning after the conventions were held were verified to the fulest extent. The result was 272 for Oates and 232 for Johnston. Before the secretary announced the vote, R. W. Rhodes of the Birmingham | delegation arose and, sf:er brief tribute I to Captain Johnston, moved to make I the nomination of Chtes unanimous. There was another wild demonstration of cheering and shouting. A committee was appointed to escort Colonel Oates to the hall. He was not in the Capitol building, but at his headquarters down town, where the commit' tee found him Daring their absence, Captain Johnston ~was brought into the hall and made a brief speech, in which he :.jedied heartly support of the ticket and urged harmony In the"ranks. Oates's entrance started the enthusiesm afresh and it continued for some moments, while he was waiting for it to subside. He made a brief speech of acceptance, tbankins the convention for the ?reat honor csnferred upon him ol hnflta of his IC&UlUw bug ,1/vuivvtuMv MWMWV W. naiive Slate. His remarks were all I pitched on the key cf harmony and made a profound impression. The convention adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morniDs. Th? IiOcxue Scare. The Washington Department of Agriculture has issued a bulletin on the approaching prevalence of locusts in sume portions 'of the country. This bulletin says that no nnnecessaay alarm need be felt on account of the predicted appearance of two great broods of the periodical Cicada, or so called "17-year locust" this ye*r. The announcement that they were to appear tn various parts of the country tbis year was made a short time ago, and the bulletin says the Insects seem to have been confounded with the true locusts, or so called *'gras shoppers" ani hence the alarm. Toe entomologist of the department iavs that tbe damage done by these insects is, as a rule, quite immaterial, constating in the slight, cutting, breaking and dead ening of \ he terminal twigs of truit and shade trees by the females io the act; of laying their eggs. The injury becomes serious only when the insects are exceprionaily numero is. According to the entomologist's reckoning i h-se insects will make their appearance during the last week of this month. Tbe la** appearance of these 1 ? i C7"7 Tf i n r hu , uruoua w<to m XQ* t, a. v wuv immediate vicinity of New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City, and along tbe Hudson river as far nortn ss Troy, and in porrions of Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennt-ylvauia, "Virginia and the District of Columb'a. Seventeen years prior to 1877 the insect was recordtd in North Carolina, in Dearborn county, led., and in Ktlamooza countj, Mich* In all of tbeei localities it is said that 17-year locust may be ex pec ted during June of the present year. The other brood which is to appear this year belongs to the 13-year race, and its range is in the southern states. Its laet appeal aace was in 1881, in southern Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Indian Territory, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Souih Carolina. The entomoloff'.st of the department says that this visitation of locusts will not last more than five or six weeks. Shocking Tragedy. Arlington, Ga.,May 26. On Friday last the fourteen-year-old daughter of Washington Smith, living near here, was assaulted and outraged by a negro while returning from schol. The negro met desperate resistance and after . firing a pistol over her head several times he'plundge a knite into her side Smith came up on horseback and the negro -tiredthr~ee bullets into his body andfled. The neighbors found the father and daughter insensible in the roadjm^ tnnk rhem home. Smith diett-ailuiiav morning and the daughter i3 not. expected to live. Sheriff Wilkins captured t he negro Sunday and placed him under a strong guard in Miller County jati. At 3 o'clock Jvesterday morning ar d armed band of 75 men stormed the j-dl, took the negro to an oak tree in rhe public square and hanged him and fired full five hrmdred bluleta into his body. Musical Homes are Hippy Home*. Have you ever noticed it? uauto a mind th9 homes of your friends who have a good Piaao or Organ, in the house. Are they not brighter and more attractive than those where the divine art of music never enters? To be sure it costs to buy a good instru- H ment, but it lasts many years, and will pay its costs many a thousand times over by interesting: the young folks to m their homes. Don't make the mistake. iff tnoogn, 01 mvesuog uapuaz-tuu. jtubi yourself thoroughly by writing Ludden -0 & Bates Southern Music House, Savahnah, Ga., the great music house of the South, established in 1870. They have ' J supplied 50,000 instruments to South J ern homes, and have a reputation for. J fair prices and honorable treatment of jM customers; and they represent the lead- . ing pianos and organs of America M They take pleasure in corresponding with you, sending free catalogues, etc. Write them. The Wire Uroke, Nashyill, Tenu., May 23.?While George Charist was attempting to walk a steel <nble stretched across the Dublin square at Shtlbj ville. Tenn., and carry his wife, Lizzie Ch&rist, the cable snapped and both fell to the stony macada- ' mized ground, thirty-five feet below Charist'8 hip is broken and he is terri. blv bruised, but will recover. Hi? wife is aecriously tnjored and will die. He , \ was a professional wire walker and had given many previous performances in Si various parts of the couatry without injury. ADGETT PAYS THE FKE16H1 I ft'fcj ?sj cCrtste Prisw Jar Goods! vj ?.nd for Catalogue tsi Sea Wbat Toa Cat Sail ? p tV- .r :!ijs rJ I > SL22ii??teX ^3. (S| SESC-Ot JCZT -r-.u- Fj M-s -ii Bureau, ?*j| P"1 ? Wxnh- ? - ' . . >. -.Torr.:. J2S; Rive, NOW $15 jT i 'jii^ni ?t:ier W-ir<K>a: | -?*ij :11ft. all prt?-crs. jess $69?rff ?$37 1 ySf*"tTuI01 Just tc introduce them. ._ ^ -1_<:-- 3 No freight paid on this Or^^-.-.-ISgT g?a. txoarasteed tc b* a -~rB ^pfrSrjirAfi li good OTt:xn OT <aoney n- -M IslNupii' I ..... ov-?k p? ni/IV ST'ITS. <-r>ns1??.iEfi ^J?aI gAUi - - -'yfa. Arm Chair. Roclcin? Chair, Divaa - ^ i 2 aide t 'bHlr: -wor;'- $45. Will q??v? o your depot, for 933. . . y This "So.'. I ma I s- In 5 ?* ??? ot 4 J ware, win j' U deil yb> 'aa^b:^ wcolw ^g> price ns. I A. $BO STTOJI} X1SHZ31 V ?ltfi all attachments, for ONtY $T8.50? .delivered to your depot. -. The regular prict* of thla * - ,V-!? 8UGG Y is 65 to 75 do! Sara. SngjR ^jggl ' . Hie manufacturer p:iys alN^fe the expense* and I seilthem h -] to you for A42.7S- Sr^SL ana guarantee every one a Mrnt^Tt. No freight paid n> tali. Baccy A 0a?o plsjw j fellvered at your depot a ??-r|P-4r l^il freight paid for |19C Send for cat*lop?es of Furniture, CoeldM ;.Atom Baby Carriages, Bicycl?, Orjaas, Pipaot, Tea Seta. Dinner S^ta, Lazapt, Ac.. : c a t/t vrnv C7 m i i iirftii ^ L. F. P // Durabilfiyand faelOT^water I I || j .^g? I bIL f I Sipi* f I I WMi^* |l ? S ?S??# * ? f&& ~ ? %4f= il |wb T^i;| gd | Only 890 for a Superb Mason & 4 h a vt.tv orran. 4 seta Reeds. ?3 lo Stops, Kich <3ase. 85 cash FS - - - -: and $3 monthly. Reduced CS gifl | ' from $115. Write Us. C? ? IB? BeautiftilSTERLiNG Mirror Top P onIy$6(X 4 seta Reeds, 11 Slope. Cfl Writs Us. c3 Lovely New Styles at $65 and $75. Write Us. V" Elegant New Pianos only J225. era W okdkeftri. at the Price, eg Write Us. fa Tremendous bargains In nearly ?j? new Pianos and Organs, used ? ? a trifle only. Write Us. If you want a Piano or Organ now Is the time to boy It {55 right. Writk US. 63 Write us anyhow. Trade is Ci3 E I doll and yon can't ask more < bag EC I questions abont Pianos and I EC I Organs than we want to an- ( A RI Mwer. Try it, please. flbS piiJttsy.nl p SAVANNAH, GA. j 9 NOW IS THE TIME | TO PLACE YOUR OBDERS FOB Threshers,! ~S 'A" And I Sell the Best in the Market. 5 Wriv> te me Before Buying. Shingle Machines, Stave Machines, , \ Brick Machines, *rlj Planing Machines, X i Swing Saws, J-?auu oawo, Gan)? IiipSaws, of >j? wood worJci*? machines. Grist Mills $115 to $250. \ Saw Mills $190 to $400. > Watertown Eogmes aad Boilers. Talbott Ecgines and Boilers, Seed Cotton Elevators. Cottob Gins and Preasea. HIGH and LOW GR4.DE. F. C. BiBfllM; COLUMBIA. jS;.C* -